Cause of Death: Ballistic Trauma: Reassessment of the Forensic Evidence from the 1966 University of Texas at Austin Mass Murder Helps - Hardcoverby Scott D. Young (Author) On August 1, 1966, the United States and the rest of the world witnessed a mass shooting at the University of Texas at Austin that is still considered one of the most shocking and impactful mass murders in that country's recent history. Charles Joseph Whitman was a twenty five year old married student and ex Marine who truly went "ballistic" on that day. Sniping from the domineering UT Tower he killed or wounded more than